All great achievements are the product of commitment. Learn more about UBC’s nine commitments by visiting the university’s Place and Promise Plan, reviewing the full annual report for progress and metrics, and exploring the stories below to see how students, faculty, staff, and alumni are bringing the commitments to life.

Our Version of the Harlem Shake

Our Version of the Harlem Shake

Not to be left out of the Harlem Shake dance phenomenon that hit YouTube early this year, UBC students gathered on the last day of classes in February to film the school’s own version of the dance. Costume-clad students energetically performed the 40-second dance that has swept schools across North America.